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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0441749 – Residency

6th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0441749
HW-MN0441749 Confirmed in the catalog @35581
Jan 29 – Mar 7, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Mar 2026

36 m
Deepest dive
1:30
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
37

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 29, 202646 m25.8°C36 m
Mar 6, 202683 m25.0°C22 m
Mar 7, 202647 m24.7°C32 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 29, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jan 29Mar 6, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Mar 6Mar 7, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Mar 7

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

36 m
Deepest dive
1:30
Longest dive
23
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
37
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255036 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (46 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Jan 29, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 83 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C – 25.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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